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A Long and Illustrious History › The 20th Century
What was the Battle of Britain in 1940?
- An air battle in which the RAF successfully defended Britain against German air attacks
- The German land invasion of southern England
- A series of bombing raids by the RAF on German cities
- A naval battle against German submarines in the Atlantic
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The Battle of Britain, fought between July and October 1940, was an air campaign in which the Royal Air Force successfully defended Britain against sustained attacks by the German Luftwaffe. Hitler had hoped to destroy British air defences as a precursor to invasion. The RAF's victory, celebrated in Winston Churchill's famous speeches, prevented a German invasion of Britain.